Reasons for Inventory Blocking

Why is it necessary to block inventory?

Because When your inventory is rarely not clearly defined distinctly and unique, it is may be necessary to block some inventory if others have already been sold. This might be forcould be due to the following reasons:

1. physical reasons, such as

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1. overlapping inventory items

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1. political

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1. reasons, where certain slots will not sell if others have already been taken.

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Here is a print example: You have the option to For example, if you can sell a page in your periodical as either in two half pages or one whole page. Having sold , selling one or the other to a customer would restrict limit your available offers. To do so use the ADvendio

ℹ️ Use ADvendio's "blocking inventory" objects and related lists to block inventory. 

Types of blocking

ADvendio can manage the following blocking types:

1. Placements,

2. AdTypes,

3. AdSpecs, or

4. Content

Doing so The process is easy and it works the same identical for all three four objects.

How to set up blocking

Related List for Blocked Placements

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, AdType

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, AdSpecs, Contents

First, your the administrator has to should add the related lists to the respective object: i.e. 's layout. For example, add Blocked Placements to your the Placement Layout. 

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Create Blocked Placements

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, AdTypes, Ad Specs, Content Records

To create Blocked Placements/AdTypes/AdSpec/, Ad Types, Ad Specs, or Content Records, follow these simple steps:

1. From Navigate to the app , select either and select the category you want to block: "Blocked Placements," "Blocked AdTypesAd Types," "Blocked AdSpecsAd Specs," or "Blocked Content."

2. In the new window, add the following detailsrelated list to your page layout and define which record blocks it:

   • Master Placements/AdSpec/AdTypes/ContentBlocked Placements/AdSpec/AdTypes/Content, Ad Specs, Ad Types, or Content (depending on the category selected)

   • Blocked Placements, Ad Specs, Ad Types, or Content (depending on the category selected)

   • Blocking Factor

3. Save to apply your changes.

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Create Blocked Content Records

Click on the new button to create a new record and enter

• a master (preselected) and

• a blocked placement and

• set a blocking factor.

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Blocking Factor

Constant Quantity=Quantity

Rounding

Rounds always to an Integer using the following rules - 

If Constant Quantity=Frequency or Constant Quantity=Guaranteed AI: System does not round

Overbooking

Only the blocked Ad Spec/AdPrice (as one line in the booking calendar) will show them as over-booked and no negative value should be inherited to the next levelBlocked booking example:

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ℹ️ In the "Booked Inventory" section, you see Contending Items:

• Products blocked by the Blocking feature will have a red background in the Contending items

• Directly blocked items will have a white background behind the Contending items.

When you check the booking calendar, you will see that not only your booked product is marked as "Booked or Offered," but the Blocked product (which takes up half a page) will also appear as "Booked/ Offered." The details section of the calendar will provide you with information about the Contending Campaign, which refers to product booking.

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In our example when two half pages are reserved, they jointly block one full page with a blocking factor of 0.5.

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Blocking Factor

Constant Quantity = Quantity (When the constant quantity equals the quantity, they are considered the same.).

Setup

The administrator must add the related lists to the respective object. For example, add Blocked Placements to your Placement Layout.